Volume 24 Issue 4 - December 2018 / January 2019
When is a trumpet like a motorcycle in a dressage event? How many Brunhilde's does it take to change an Elektra? Just two of the many questions you've been dying to ask, to which you will find answers in a 24th annual combined December/January issue – in which our 11 beat columnists sift through what's on offer in the upcoming holiday month, and what they're already circling in their calendars for 2019. Oh, and features too: a klezmer violinist breathing new life into a very old film; two New Music festivals in January, 200 metres apart; a Music & Health story on the restorative powers of a grassroots exercise in collective music-making; even a good reason to go to Winnipeg in the dead of winter. All this and more in Vol 24 No 4, now available in flipthrough format here.
When is a trumpet like a motorcycle in a dressage event? How many Brunhilde's does it take to change an Elektra? Just two of the many questions you've been dying to ask, to which you will find answers in a 24th annual combined December/January issue – in which our 11 beat columnists sift through what's on offer in the upcoming holiday month, and what they're already circling in their calendars for 2019. Oh, and features too: a klezmer violinist breathing new life into a very old film; two New Music festivals in January, 200 metres apart; a Music & Health story on the restorative powers of a grassroots exercise in collective music-making; even a good reason to go to Winnipeg in the dead of winter. All this and more in Vol 24 No 4, now available in flipthrough format here.
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Orchestra; Krista Rhodes, piano; Andrew<br />
Adair, organ; John Brownell, percussion;<br />
Shawn Grenke, conductor; Emily Taub, VOX<br />
Choir Conductor. 35 Lytton Blvd. 416-481-1141<br />
esgunited.org. $35; $25(st).<br />
●●4:30: Christ Church Deer Park. Jazz Vespers:<br />
Ellington’s Nutcracker. Brian Barlow Big<br />
Band. 1570 Yonge St. 416-920-5211. Freewill<br />
offering. Religious service.<br />
●●4:30: Church of the Holy Trinity. The<br />
Christmas Story. See Dec 7. Also Dec 21(7:30);<br />
22(4:30); 23(4:30 & 7:30).<br />
CAROLS BY<br />
CANDLELIGHT<br />
SUN., DEC. 16, 4:30pm<br />
NINE LESSONS<br />
& CAROLS<br />
SUN., DEC. 23, 4:30pm<br />
Yorkminster Park<br />
Baptist Church<br />
yorkminsterpark.com<br />
●●4:30: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church.<br />
Carols by Candlelight. A traditional candlelight<br />
choral presentation featuring choirs and<br />
musicians. 1585 Yonge St. 416-922-1167. Goodwill<br />
offering. Religious service.<br />
●●5:30: National Ballet of Canada. The Nutcracker.<br />
See Dec 8. Also Dec 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,<br />
23, 27, 28, 29, 30. Times vary.<br />
●●7:00: Civic Theatres Toronto. To All A Good<br />
Night – With Art of Time Ensemble. Alternative<br />
holiday concert with the best wintery tunes,<br />
holiday songs and readings. Art of Time Ensemble.<br />
Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge<br />
St., North York. 1-855-985-2787. $73.50.<br />
●●7:00: Metropolitan United Church. Annual<br />
Candlelight Service of Lessons and Carols.<br />
Metropolitan United Church (Toronto),<br />
56 Queen St. E. 416-363-0331 x26. Free; donations<br />
welcome. Religious service.<br />
A. Concerts in the GTA<br />
Annual<br />
Candlelight<br />
Service of Lessons<br />
and Carols<br />
SUN, DECEMBER 16,<br />
7pm<br />
●●7:30: Victoria Scholars. Welcome<br />
Christmas. Our Lady of Sorrows Church,<br />
3055 Bloor St. W., Etobicoke. 416-761-7776.<br />
$30/$25(adv); $25(sr/st)/$20(adv).<br />
●●8:00: Georgetown Bach Chorale. Christmas<br />
That Choir<br />
CAROLS<br />
conducted by Craig Pike<br />
DECEMBER 16 | 8PM<br />
St. Andrew’s Church<br />
73 Simcoe St., Toronto ON<br />
Tickets: Pay What You Can<br />
thatchoir.com<br />
from Ol’ Blighty. Traditional English Christmas<br />
music. Vaughan Williams: Fantasy on<br />
Christmas Themes. The Piano Hall, 157 Main<br />
St., Georgetown. 905-873-9909. $50. Also<br />
Dec 14,15. Culinary treats follow the concert.<br />
●●8:00: That Choir. That Choir Carols. St.<br />
Andrew’s Church (Toronto), 73 Simcoe<br />
St. 416-706-5221. PWYC. Suggested: $30;<br />
$20(sr); $10(st).<br />
Monday <strong>December</strong> 17<br />
●●12:15: Sacred Music in a Sacred Space. A<br />
Continental Christmas. Music by Phillips. Peter<br />
Drobac and friends. Trinity College Chapel,<br />
U of T, 6 Hoskin Ave. 647-378-6607. Free.<br />
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Messiah.<br />
Handel: Messiah. Claire de Sévigné,<br />
soprano; Alyson McHardy, mezzo; Andrew<br />
Haji, tenor; Tyler Duncan, baritone; Toronto<br />
Mendelssohn Choir; Johannes Debus, conductor.<br />
Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St. 416-<br />
598-3375. $40-$125. Also Dec 18, 19, 21, 22,<br />
23(mat).<br />
Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 18<br />
●●1:00: Cathedral Church of St. James.<br />
Music at Midday. Imre Oláh, organ. 65 Church<br />
St. 416-365-7865. Free. Donations welcome.<br />
●●7:00: National Ballet of Canada. The Nutcracker.<br />
See Dec 8. Also Dec 19, 20, 21, 22, 23,<br />
27, 28, 29, 30. Times vary.<br />
●●7:00: The Heart’s Obsession. Christmas<br />
Concert. Tonia Cianciulli, soprano; Eugenia<br />
Dermentzis, mezzo; Trevor Chartrand, piano;<br />
Andrea Rebello, choral conductor; Erika<br />
Nielson, cello; and others. Islington United<br />
Church, 25 Burnhamthorpe Rd. wisharts.<br />
ca. $25; free(child). Proceeds to Eric’s Rise.<br />
Reception to follow.<br />
●●7:30: Orpheus Choir of Toronto. A Child’s<br />
Christmas in Wales. Geraint Wyn Davies,<br />
narrator; Robert Cooper, artistic director;<br />
Edward Moroney, accompanist. Eglinton<br />
St. George’s United Church, 35 Lytton Blvd.<br />
416-530-4428. $45; $35(sr); $20(under<br />
30).<br />
HANDEL<br />
MESSIAH<br />
Dec 18-21, <strong>2018</strong><br />
Koerner Hall,<br />
TELUS Centre<br />
tafelmusik.org<br />
●●7:30: Tafelmusik. Handel Messiah. Sherezade<br />
Panthaki, soprano; Krisztina Szabó,<br />
mezzo; Charles Daniels, tenor; Drew Santini,<br />
baritone; Tafelmusik Chamber Choir; Ivars<br />
Taurins, conductor. Koerner Hall, Telus Centre,<br />
273 Bloor St. W. 416-408-0208. $36 and<br />
up. Also Dec 19, 20, 21. Non-perishable food<br />
donations accepted at all performances.<br />
●●8:00: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Messiah.<br />
See Dec 17. Also Dec 19, 21(7:30), 22, 23.<br />
Wednesday <strong>December</strong> 19<br />
● ● 12:00 noon: Roy Thomson Hall. Noon-Hour<br />
Concert Series: Orpheus Choir of Toronto.<br />
Sounds of the Season. 60 Simcoe St. 416-872-<br />
4255. Free.<br />
Welcome<br />
Save $5<br />
with advance ticket purchase<br />
Christmas<br />
Sunday, 16 december <strong>2018</strong> | 7:30pm<br />
Our Lady Of SOrrOwS church<br />
3055 Bloor St W (1/2 block west of Royal York subway)<br />
$30 General Admission $25 Seniors & Students<br />
www.victoriascholars.ca<br />
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